The Normandy Landings on D-Day in France during World War II. A few U.S. Coast Guard personnel working on the propeller of an LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) at a beachhead. A damaged propeller blade of the LCI on the ground. A few coast guards at the back of the LCI. USCG Captain Miles H. Imlay and Lieutenant Yonner speaking. Several tank traps on the beach. A small hut in the background.
The Normandy Landings on D-Day in France during World War II. A hole on a U.S. Navy LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) on the Normandy beachhead. Two other holes on the LCI. U.S. Coast Guard men beside the LCI. 'US 92' written on the back of the LCI. The men inspecting the LCI. Wrecked parts in view.
The Normandy Landings on D-Day in France during World War II. A part of a wrecked LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) on the Normandy beachhead. A U.S. Navy LCU (Landing Craft Utility) on the shore. 'US 87' written on the LCU. Several soldiers on the shore. Men going up a gangway to the LCU. A U.S. Navy LCT (Landing Craft, Tank) moving in towards the shore. Several soldiers on the craft. 'US 541' written on the side of the craft. German prisoners standing crowded on the LCT. The LCT moving towards a U.S. Navy attack transport.
The Normandy Landings on D-Day in France during World War II. A U.S. Navy LCT (Landing Craft, Tank) and an LST (Landing Ship, Tank) beside the Normandy coast. Few men standing beside the rail on a U.S. Navy attack transport ship. Men standing by the ship drinking from cups. British Royal Navy Bobtail Cruiser approaching the shore. Rocket launchers on the ship.
French General Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle returns to Paris, France during World War II. A crowd of the French civilians on a street as General Charles de Gaulle's car enters. Parisian motorcycle corps surround the car. The car en route along the Champs Elysees. Charles de Gaulle gets off the car amid cheers from people. He salutes a French officer standing in front of a line of personnel carriers. Officials and Charles de Gaulle walk past the line of personnel carriers and tanks and move towards the Arc de Triomphe. The crowd cheer the name of De Gaulle, celebrating the liberation of Paris.
The secret Free French headquarters in Paris during World War 2. Opening scene shows the Lion Of Belfort Statue, at Place Denfert-Rochereau in Paris, France. Pedestrians and cyclists are moving through the area. Next are views through the windshield of a car driving around the statue. It drives up a side street, and a passenger is let out. As the car drives away, the passenger enters a building, housing the secret headquarters of the Free French Forces of the Interior (FFI) and goes inside. He proceeds through some anterooms and down several flights of stairs deep into a subteranean room where he is admitted by a man wearing a white FFI armband. He delivers a paper message to one of two men sitting at a table. The information causes various members of the FFI in the headquarters to begin taking actions to plan a mission. A woman transmits the informtion and orders via a teletype machine.
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